Lower Austria Museum

Lower Austria Museum
(Museum Niederösterreich)

Logo of the museum
Established 1903
Location St. Pölten
Type universal museum
Architect Hans Hollein
Owner NÖ Museum Betriebs GmbH
Website http://www.museumnoe.at

The Lower Austria Museum (German: Museum Niederösterreich), formerly the Lower Austria State Museum (Landesmuseum Niederösterreich), is the national museum for the state of Lower Austria and covers the fields of history, art and nature. It is located in St. Pölten in Lower Austria.

Before it moved to St. Pölten in 2002, the museum, which was founded in 1902 by the Association for Cultural Studies, occupied several locations in Vienna. For example, in the period 1912-1923 it was based in Wallnerstraße and, from 1923 to 1997, it was housed in the Palais Mollard-Clary. On the establishment of the new state capital of St. Pölten, the state museum was transferred to the cultural region it represents.

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